William rooke



(No Model.)

W. ROOKE.

TWO WHBELED VEHICLE.

No. 350,158. Patented Oct. 5, 1886.v

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XVlLLlQ-Ull .ROOKE, OF JACKSON, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO THE MICHIGAN MANUFACTURING- OOMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

TWO-WHEELED VEHICLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 350,158, dated Octobe r5.1886.

Application filed August I, 1886. Serial No. 210,315. (No model.)

bars loosely connected at their forward ends to the thills, and supported intermediatelybex tween their ends upon springs or a spring-bar interposed between the shafts and the seat-supporting bars, and in which the foot-rest most commonly consists of a crate-like device situated between. the shafts and in front of the axle; and it consists in certain new arrangements of parts, whereby the angle of the seat and its snpportingbars may be changed to suit the weight which the seat may have to carry, and also whereby the foot-rest may be adjusted relatively to the seatin order to give more or less leg-room.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a two-wheeled vehicle embodying niy in'iprovements, the near wheel being removed. Fig. 2 is a top plan View of the same. Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are detail views. in perspective, of various parts enlarged.

In the drawings, A A represent the shafts, connected at their rear ends to the axle M, which in turn is supported by wheels N. The seat 0 is supported on the rear ends of two bars, 13 B, loosely connected at their forward ends to the shafts A, and supported intermediatcly between their ends on a cross-bar, D, extending between the shafts, to which it is connected by a spring, (1.

In order to give the desired flexibility and permit the adjustment, to be hereinafter rcfcrred to, I prefer hinge-conneetions between the seat-supporting bars and the crossbar D.

The form of such a connection will be better understood from an examination of Fig. 5,.

wherein G represents a plate carrying two perforated projecting ears. between which is pivoted a plate or bar, E, attached to the under side of the scat-supporting bar, and having its forward end, a, expanded in the form of an eye, which lies between the ears of plate G, and through which passes the pivot-bolt g.

It is quite customary in vehicles of this character to adjust the position of the seat to suit the weight of the person who is to occupy it, and I have devised a novel arrangement of parts for effecting such adjustment. F is a metallic eye carried by the front end of bar B, and engaging with. a loop carried at the upper end of a screw-threaded rod,

J, which passes through the shaft, and is con fined in place by nuts K L. It will be seen, without further description, that by means of 6 the nuts K L the rod J may be adjusted to any desired vertical posit-ion and there locked in place, such adjustment causing the bar B to turn about its hinge-connection g, and thus change the position of the seat 0.

O 0 represent the curved or angular bars which carry the slats forming the foot rest or support. These bars 0 are supported at their forward ends,either mediately or immediately, by the shafts, and may be connected at their rear ends either to the axle or to the seat supporting bars B, as shown.

In order to change the position of the footrcst relatively to the seat to suit the person riding, giving more or less legroom, as may be desirable, I make the forward end of the foot-rest vertically adjustable, to accomplish which the forward ends of bars 0 O are extended and provided with a series of apertures, c c. The bars 0 O are connected with the cross-bar D by means of bolts h h, which pass through said apertures 12, and also through perforated cars carried by plates H, attached to one of the faces of said bar D, as will be clearly seen on examination of Fig. i. go

Vhat I claim is- 1. In a twowhee1ed vehicle, the combination of the axle, the shafts, the seat-supporting bars attached to the shafts at their forward ends, a seat supported at the rear ends of said bars, a spring supplement-a1 to said bars, situated in front of the seat, and upon which the bars are supported, and means for vertically adjusting the forward ends of said bars, substantially as set forth.

2. In a two-wheeled vehicle, the combina tion of the axle, the shafts, the seat-supporting bars, a seat supported at the rear ends of said bars, a spring, (1, between the 'shaftsdn front of the seat, a cross-bar, D, interposed between the seat-supporting bars and the spring (I, and means for vertically adjusting the forward end of the seat-supporting bars, substantially as set forth.

3. In a two-wheeled vehicle, the combination of the axle, the shafts, the seat supporting bars, the serewrods J, passing through the shafts and carrying at their upper ends'eyes or loops, to which the forward ends of the bars B are hinged, means for vertically adjusting said screw-rods, and a support for said bars in rear of their hinged front ends, substantially as set forth.

4. In a two-wheeled vehicle, the combination of the axle, the shafts,the seat, the footrest non-adjustably supported at its rear end, and means for adjusting the forward end of the footrest relatively to the seat and to its rear end, substantiallyas set forth.

5. In a two-wheeled vehicle, the combination of the axle, the shafts, the seat, a footrest having the extended bars 0 0, provided with a series of perforations, c, and the bolts 71-, bassing through said perforations and supporting the forward end of the foot-rest, substantially as set forth.

6. In a two-wheeled vehicle, the combination of the axle, the shafts, the seat-supporting bars attached to the shafts at their forward ends, a support for said bars in rear of their forward ends, means for vertically adjusting the forward ends of the bars, a foot-rest, and means for adjusting the foot-rest relatively to the seat and independently of the adj nstnient of the 'seatsupporting bars, substantially as set forth. y

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM ROOKE. 

